Boeing’s $1 Billion Deal… Inmarsat To Take Three Super Fast Broadband Sats [SatNews.com]

http://www.satnews.com/cgi-bin/story.cgi?number=1080934825

[SatNews] Satellite telecoms company Inmarsat (LSE: ISAT.L - news) is set to announce that it has ordered three new satellites from Boeing (NYSE: BA - news) in a $1bn (£630m) deal.

The fleet of advanced Ka-Band satellites will allow Inmarsat to offer its customers fast broadband services in even the most far-flung locations by the end of 2014. With operations expected to start in 2014, Inmarsat-5 will support a next generation global service, Global Xpress, which will target a $1.4bn incremental market opportunity in VSAT services.

Global Xpress will address the established, growing markets for VSAT services in the Maritime, Energy and Government sectors, with further growth potential in developing markets such as the Aeronautical sector. Global Xpress will deliver seamless global coverage and unprecedented mobile broadband with speeds up to 50MB/s, to customer terminals from 20-60cm in size.

“They will provide very high mobile broadband speeds on a global basis to serve high-end customers who have very high data needs,” a source said.

The new satellites will offer broadband at speeds up to 20 times faster than Inmarsat’s current, ageing, L-band fleet, which operates at the opposite end of the spectrum. The investment, expected to be confirmed today, will be the biggest investment by the British company in a decade. Inmarsat will continue to use its 11 existing L-Band satellites, which provide voice and data services to ships and planes as well as those working in disaster areas or war zones.

Andrew Sukawaty, CEO of Inmarsat said: “This is a new investment for new growth. With the Global Xpress network, we will be the first operator to offer global mobile broadband coverage, offering unparalleled speeds and bandwidth to customers in remote locations around the world. Global Xpress will be faster and less expensive than current Ku-band market offerings, delivered to smaller and cheaper terminals and be the first offered on a seamless, global, end to end basis with high quality of service. Picture 50MB/s services to a ship or aircraft and 10MB/s to an antenna the size of an iPad (20cm).




—
Alan Spicer

DBA Alan Spicer Telcom / Alan Spicer Marine Telecom
Computer Services, Wired/Wireless Networking,
Cell/Sat/Landline Communications, General Consulting…
Marine, Business, Small Office and Home Office (SOHO)

* Cost Savings and Integration of Multiple Internet Technologies
on board Sail and Motor Yachts * Documentation, Operating
Instructions, and Support after the Sale *

* http://www.marinetelecom.net/
* http://www.internetforyachts.net/
* http://www.wifiyacht.net/
* 954-683-3426

Mobile Internet! Step up to the HSPA 3G Fast Internet!

Ericsson W35 released in the USA. This you’ve gotta SEE!!
Better looking presentation than W25 (you might not want to
hide this one in the Doghouse!) + High Speed Upload which
the W25 did not have.
http://www.marinetelecom.net/Ericsson_W35/

This entry was posted on 16. August 2010 at 09:19 and is filed under Satellite Voice and Internet. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response or trackback from your own site.